Ramón Masats Tatera (17 March 1931 – 4 March 2024) was a Spanish photographer and filmmaker.

Biography

Born in

Caldes de Montbui Caldes de Montbui () is a Spanish town and municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Vallès Oriental in Catalonia. It is situated in the upper valley of the Caldes river, and the highest point of the municipality is the peak of el Farell at 816&nbs ...

on 16 March 1931, Masats first became a photojournalist in 1953 and worked at La Rambla in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

. The following year, he joined the . In 1957, he joined the . That year, he moved to

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

and joined the ', the , and '' Arriba''. In 1964, he released his documentary on the

Museo del Prado The Museo del Prado ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It houses collections of Art of Europe, European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th ce ...

, which won him an award at the

Taormina Film Fest Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is an annual film festival that takes place at Taormina, Sicily, Italy, in July. It was established in 1955 in Messina, and in 1957 became Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina, until it moved per ...

. Ramón Masats died in Madrid on 4 March 2024, at the age of 92.

Awards

* (2004)

References

External Links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Masats, Ramon 1931 births 2024 deaths Spanish male photographers People from Vallès Oriental